[OKDXA] Just For Grins...

[N5OK]

Hang tough!

Coy C Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
n5ok at arrl.net


On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 9:50 AM Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks... Just in case you thought that DXpeditioning is all fun and
> games... I just came inside from adjusting the Crank-IR vertical for 30
> meters. That involves turning the spool for the vertical element wire
> and the other spool for the radial wire until you get to the mark for 30
> meters. In this case, it also involves standing outside in the rain in
> steady 25 mph winds while you do it... Temp is probably in the fortys F.
> This place is at 44 degrees latitude. They don't call them the roaring
> 40's for nothing, it blows all the time, I mean all the time, with
> occasional showers every day. Oh yeah, it is still winter time, it
> becomes spring on  the 21st or 22nd of September, somewhere around
> that...
>    By the way, the 20 meter element is broken again on the Hexbeam, I
> guess Hexbeams were not made for this kind of wx.
>    So, CU in a few minutes on 30 meters CW. As soon as I get a cup of
> coffee...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - ZL7/K5WE
>
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